Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	peter_n	rome_n	supremacy_n	2,940	5	10.7044	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28474	Essays on several subjects written by Sir Tho. Pope Blount.; Essays. Selections	Blount, Thomas Pope, Sir, 1649-1697.	1692 (1692)	Wing B3349; ESTC R202032	58,794	183

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